Soup!
I’ve gotten a bunch of e-mails asking me for soup recipes, so I decided to feature a few of my favorite soups I’ve made so far! I love soup because its low in calories, you can make it totally healthy, and it makes me happy! …
Sharing my favorite healthy recipes!
soup
Kicked up Noodle Soup + Heart Health Silk Soy Milk! – free coupon to try for 3 lucky readers!
Last week Christina posted a recipe using the noodles of ramen noodles to make her own soup that was more nutritious as well as quick and easy. That was the inspiration of my soup today. I’ve been sick the last few days and nothing makes …
Busy weekend!!
I was so busy this weekend, I didn’t go on the computer once! What’s up with that?? First off, I have to share a major score I got yesterday. I was picking my daughter up from a birthday party and on the way home, I …
Chicken Fajita Soup
I have to thank Pots and Plots site for the basis of my soup I made this weekend. She made a Baja Chicken Enchilada Soup that sounded amazing. Since I already went to the store, I decided to see if I could use that as …
Fantastic Friday!
I can’t believe its Friday already! It’s been a long week, and I am definitely looking forward to the weekend. No big plans, just plans to relax! (And of course cook/bake!) I didn’t update my weight loss efforts last week, but I was up 1/2 …
weekend re-cap/twin fest/stew
What a weekend! It was GORGEOUS in Chicago over the weekend, 80’s and Sunny! The highlight of my weekend was getting together with my twin sister Biz and our best friends who are twins. We have been friends since the 3rd grade when they transferred …
Very veggie chicken tortilla soup
I had another successful day yesterday!! I did the boot camp class with my friend at work at a Pilates studio by our office. I was SUPER nervous to go, because the first class was so hard and I was sore for a few days …
Jumbo Blueberry Muffins
Thanks to Jen @ a2eatwrite@blogspot.com for inspiring me to make these muffins. I visited her site yesterday and saw her blueberry muffin recipe. We exchanged a few e-mails, and I was excited to make them last night. Of course, when I got home, I didn’t …
30 day shred+ yummy dinner
I’m trying to stick to a program where I work out as soon as I get home from work. I only work about 5 minutes from my house, so I am home by 5:05 and by 5:15 I am ready to go to work out …
0 point soup + great lunch! + Weigh in Friday
First of all, today was my very first weigh in after joining Weight Watchers on-line and really keeping track of points. I love the on-line version, its so easy to enter in what you eat, save foods as favorites and I love the recipe builder …
Bed & Breakfast Egg bake + Kicked up Ramen
Yesterday I was thinking about all the wonderful things you eat when you stay at a bed and breakfast. I thought, why can’t I pretend I’m staying at a B&B? So, I decided to look up some bed and breakfast recipes to see what I …
Tortellini Soup!
I printed out a recipe from Spark People for what I thought was tortellini soup, but it turned out to be a recipe for a side dish that was just called “tortellini with vegetables.” Since I still had soup on my brain, I read the …
Southwest Black Bean Soup
One of the nice things about my blog, is if I get stumped for something to make, I have most of my recipes here! My daughter was home sick yesterday so I stayed home with her and wanted to make a soup to bring for …
Noodle soup/100 calorie ice cream sandwich
It was cold, rainy/sleet/snowy and windy today in the Chicago-land area, so I decided to make some soup today which I am going to bring as a starter to my lunches this week. Its loosely based on a Thai Noodle soup my sister made. 5 …
Spinach and Pesto Meatball Soup
I used to not like spinach unless it was raw. But ever since I had my friend Kathy’s pasta dish with spinach, I kind of liked the way it tasted cooked in a dish. This recipe is from one of my favorite sources for ideas: Fitness Magazine. …
Guest Post, recipe by my son Paul. Yummy Soup!
This is my son Paul. He’s 12 and he’s fantastic! The kids are off school today because of a school institute day, and Paul decided to make his own soup. I was folding laundry in another room and I asked him if he needed any …
Italian Turkey Soup
I hope everyone had a great day yesterday! My first Thanksgiving meal went perfectly! I didn’t overcook the bird, my mashed potatoes turned out great, my husband made an awesome stuffing, and we had a great time! Now, what to do with the leftovers! I …
Potato-Asparagus Soup
A few weeks ago, when I went out to lunch with Roni from www.ronisweigh.com my sister got cream of asparagus soup. She made me try it, and it wasn’t that bad! I am about to return all my Vegan books to the library since I finished my …
Winter vegetable bisque
The best part about the weather turning gross, is hot soups! You can easily make this in a crock pot all day, or it doesn’t even take long to make when you get home from work. Here’s what you will need: 1 TB. olive oil …
Butternut squash soup
Its funny that as I am getting older, I’m finding out that I like more things. I guess you could say I was a picky eater growing up. I didn’t like chunks of vegetables in my food (i.e. no chunks of onion in meatloaf …
Southwest Black Bean Soup
I love black beans. I have them on hand in my pantry all the time. I sprinkle them on salads, make black bean quesadillas, black bean dip, with scrambled eggs. I talked about adding more protein into your diet by adding legumes, black beans is …
Beer and Cheese Soup
There used to be this tiny restaurant that was open in my town that made the best cheese soup ever! You really couldn’t even call it a restaurant. It was called Scottie’s Deli and there was a counter you could stand and eat at, and …
Baked potato soup
I know its still summer, but I can eat soup all year round. It’s chilly in my office, and if I have the air on at home, my family doesn’t mind having soup in the summer either. This recipe is by far my most favorite …